Is a rich husband better than a career?
Those, my fellow harpies, were the words that greeted me at the supermarket checkout stand last week, courtesy of the always classy Grazia magazine. It must say something about just how reactionary our society can be that I was only minimally shocked.
Well, it...

Don't look this this? You must be a SELFISH MOTHER!!I’m sure most of you have started seeing this status and others like it from your mommy friends:
To all the UNSELFISH MOMS out there who traded sleep for dark circles, salon haircuts for ponytails, long showers for quick showers, late nights...

I’ll be honest. “So, when are you going to have kids?” is the most dreaded question married women get besides “How’s married life?” Actually, I can’t decide which question is worse. After nearly two years, I am asked both questions on a fairly regular basis....

Ever run into one of those women who call themselves feminist and pro-choice, then open their mouth about how kids are subhuman and so are their mothers? Once in a blue moon, I come across that, but this random woman on Facebook really had me thinking. You see, she likes to call women who have kids...

It's Aliiiiiiiive!
So, my mother rejoiced when I had a girl. For the totally wrong reasons.
You see, I was not the type that was kind to my Barbie dolls. In fact, the black pen I used as goth eyeliner, the different shades of nail polish I painted on their lips, and the Mr. Sketch scented markers...

If there was something that I could have been better warned about when I had #1, it was what I like to affectionately call the “Boob War”. It what appears to be a no-win situation on either side of the debates, however you choose to feed your infant will indicate how society will try to...

Wingstaff writes: I am currently a stay-at-home mom to two boys. My husband is Active Duty in the Air Force. We are your ‘traditional’ white ‘All-American’ family. We are also very liberal and I am trying to raise my sons in the most feminist way I can. My husband and...

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard an unusual citizenship case that’s rooted in gender discrimination. According to Fox News:
The Supreme Court confronted a U.S. citizenship law with evident distaste Wednesday because it treats fathers and mothers differently, even as justices offered little hope...

If you’re enjoying your morning coffee and croissant, like me, take a few minutes to watch this New York Times video about women in France, in which Katrinn Bennhold reports that: “France may look Scandinavian in terms of its employment and birthrate statistics, but when it comes to attitude...

Via solarnu @ Flickr.My boyfriend laughs whenever a cleaning product commercial comes on the television, knowing that I will soon be clicking my tongue and/or throwing my head back in disgust. “Here comes mom to clean it up!!!” we exclaim, when the lady of the house cheerfully grabs her [product]...

I used to hate children. Or perhaps more specifically, I used to be one of those people who said I hated children by way of saying that what I really hated was assholes. I have always, of course, as an only child and seriously dedicated bookworm, hated loud, outgoing people who interrupt my reading...

This past week, the Guardian ran an op-ed by Zoe Williams that warmed my cold Harpy heart.
Over-40 women, you’ve given birth to a healthy facet of modern life, reads the headline. Quite simply, there is no best age to be pregnant.
Hell. Yes. For once, a story about older mothers that isn’t...